Books
Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV
John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’

Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’
Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce

Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar

Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us 

Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us
H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: ‘I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself’

H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: ‘I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself’
Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 

Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry
H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’

H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’
Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing

Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?

40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
Ringo: A Fab Life by Tom Doyle review – Starr treatment

Ringo: A Fab Life by Tom Doyle review – Starr treatment
A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – frank, funny and wise

A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – frank, funny and wise
David Bowie’s late revival was heroic, in a very English way



